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America''s Other Founding: The Spanish Story

The most American thing about the United States is that we keep mistaking prologue for plot. We nod at Spain and Mexico in the opening credits, then hit fast-forward to railroads and robber barons. But the decisive drama—the social inventions, the legal improvisations, the urban.

Sep 29, 202528 min

governance

El Archivo

Building the bilingual memory infrastructure the United States forgot it needed. A country that cannot search its past will mis-govern its future. Ours keeps half its memory in another language—acequia minutes, merced deeds, mission ledgers, notarial protocols, diseños, parish censuses—a.

Jun 23, 202523 min